About us
About Suede & Stitch
Most shoe brands buy leather. We make it.
Suede & Stitch is the direct-to-consumer footwear brand of AIT Industries — Alfa Impex Tanning Industries — a family tannery established in Ranipet in 1952. For over 70 years, our family has been sourcing, processing and supplying premium leather to some of India's most recognised brands, including Bata and Tata. We know leather the way most brands never will. Not from a catalogue, but from the tannery floor.
Our Story
It started in 1952 when our family began as Skin Suppliers, exporting dry salted hides. Over the decades, that modest business grew into a fully integrated tannery processing over 300,000 square feet of finished leather every month. We built relationships with global brands, invested in state-of-the-art European machinery, and never compromised on the quality of our raw materials. We handpick every hide based on strength, texture and grain consistency.
For years, we supplied the leather. Someone else made the shoes. Someone else sold them. We watched the markups stack up at every stage and always knew: if we made the shoes ourselves, we could offer something genuinely different.
That's what Suede & Stitch is.
From Our Tannery to Your Door
Every pair of Suede & Stitch clogs is made with leather from our own family tannery in Ranipet. The same leather we produce for premium footwear brands across India and internationally. When you buy from us, you're cutting out the brand markup, the distributor markup and the retailer markup. You're buying directly from the family that makes the leather and the shoe. Nothing in between.
The Nomad
Our first silhouette, The Nomad, is a closed-toe suede clog mule built for everyday wear. Premium brushed suede upper, hand-finished pebbled-leather buckle strap, antique-brass hardware, contoured leather footbed. Available in five shades: Caramel Tan, Cherry, Stone Grey, Sapphire and Obsidian. Made in our workshop. Sent straight to you.
What We Stand For
We believe the best leather shouldn't only end up in expensive brand-name shoes. We believe 70 years of craft deserves to speak for itself. We believe when you buy a handcrafted suede clog, you should pay for the shoe and not for four layers of middlemen.
That's Suede & Stitch. Our family's leather. Our family's craft. Your price.
Handcrafted Suede. Factory-Direct.
Our leather is made at AIT Industries, Ranipet. Learn about our tannery